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-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Milenski [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: Input needed on trip to MD

Hello everyone,

I'm from out of state and will be taking a three-day vacation
at Assateague/Chincoteague, and was hoping to get a bit
of advice about the birding there, which I expect to be wonderful.

Here are a few questions I have:

Where's the best place to look for songbirds?  Is it the three
"Life of the..." trails?   Some target birds for me would
be summer tanager, blue grosbeak, northern bobwhite,
(none of which I or my family have ever seen), and brown-headed
nuthatch.   Also...which warblers would be likely to be there during
the month of July?

Are there specific best spots for shorebirds, or are they
everywhere up and down the beach?

Can gannets be seen from the shore anywhere, or would
it be necessary to go offshore on a boat to see them?

Are there reliable places to see owls?   How about rails and/or
bitterns?

Are there any particular unusual birds I should be on the
lookout for?

Thanks for any help anyone can give me.  I'm very excited about
this trip.   Please e-mail me at 

Aaron Milenski
(We live in Lakewood, Ohio, but my wife is from Silver Spring,
so w evisit the state at least once a year.)

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